Combined sofa or settee and pool or billiard table.



7 J. N. MoINTIRB. commnn sum 0R SETTEE AND POOL on BILLIARD TABLE.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1905- PATBNTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

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No. 831,293. PATENTED SEPTfl8, 1906.

J. N. MUINTIRE. COMBINED SOFA OR SETTEB AND POOL OR BILLIARD TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1906.

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UNITED STAT anti 1 H I 1 r K I I an JACOB N. MoIN'lIRE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE BRUNSWIGK- BALKE-OOLLENDER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINED SOFA OR SETTEE AND POOL OR BILLIARD TABLE- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1 8, 1 906.

Application filed May 3, 1906 Serial No. 258,600.

To all whom it may concern.-

:,Which there is one main, part which consti ,tutes the seat and end portions (or arm-like Be it known that I, JACOB N. MCINTIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing in thecity of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, (whose postofiice address is Box 1089, New York city,)

have invented certain new and useful Im iparts) of a settee and another mainportion which when adjusted in one position rela serves thepurpose of a game-table.

-tivelyfto the first-named part constitutes the backportion of the sofa or settee and when adjusted in-t another (horizontal) position In this typeof', article ortin the piece of furniture .above described as heretofore made, used,

-;.and patented various constructions have 'ibeen;-adopted, none of which, however, so

far according tomy information, has re. sultedinavery desirable and perfectly satisfactory thing, either from a commercial or fromja mechanical point of view.

I In some of the combination sofa-tables the construction is such that when the parts are 1 adjusted for use as a game-table the bed of the. table is not maintained in a sufiiciently firm or rigid condition for the playing of the 'amethereon, while in others in which this 1 ifficulty'does not exist to a very great extent athe structure is such that the translation of the parts or the transformation of the ar; 1' ticle from a settee to a game-table, and vice A versa, cannot be easily or conveniently made a where the bed of the table is made (as all ap proved beds ,must be) with slabs of slate, which add very much to the gravity or wei ht of the game-table portion of thepicce of, 'rniture.

In still other constructions there is too much complexity of mechanism 2 and too, great a cost of manufacture to render the, piece of furniture commercially successful. I I v "I propose by my invention to provide for use a combination settee or sofa and pool or billiard table of such construction that, while it may be manufactured at reasonable cost and will in practice he erfectly satisfactory in operation from a mech it will also be ver I eas" of transformation from the sofa to the ta lo, and vice versa, notwithstanding the necessar great Wei ht of the game-table portion of tile piece of urniture, which when made with its bed having slate slabs and in the most approved form will usually Weighin a table, for instance, three and a half by seven feetsome three hundred or four hundred ounds.

To these main ends an objects my invention consists in a combined settec or sofa and pool or billiard table involvin' the novel construction or the novel com inations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and which will be most particularly pointed out in the claims of this specification.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my improvement relate to make and use the combination piece of furniture com rising my invention, I will now proceed to fu describe the construction and operation t lemof by reference to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification and in which I have shown my invention carried out as to the various details of construction in that precise form in which I have so far successfully practiced my invention, al

I though it will be understood that with reference to some of the structural features more modifications or colorable variations may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved article of furniture with its two main ortions so relatively adjusted which ada ts the article for use as a sofa or settee, an in this figure I have shown acertain hinged or movable arm-piece in its proper position or condition at theright-hand end of the figure, while at the left-hand end I have shown this hin ed arm turned into the position to which it as to be adjusted in order to translate the bed portion or backpart anical point of View,

vas to adapt it or in that relative position of the sofa into a horizontal position to adapt the article for use as a game-table,and'l, have also in this figure shown certain detachable pieces or parts at the left-hand side of theifigui'e removed, as they have to be, to permit the translation of the sofa back into a horizontal position to transform the article from the sofa into the flHlB-llfitble. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of t ie combination article or piece of furniture with its two main portions adjusted or placed relatively in the positions in which they have to be to use the article as a pool or billiard table. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section taken in a plane indicated by the dotted line 3 3 at Fig. l Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view taken at the dotted line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a partial vertical longitudinal section taken in a plane indicated by the dotted line 5 5 at Fig. 2 to show particularly the metallic shaft and certain grooved wheels, &c., and the arrangement of these parts with the bedframe and the tracks located at the upper portions of the arm-like parts of the sofa. ig. 6 is a detailview (drawn on a somewhaten arged scale) showing more particularly the structure of the rear end portion of one of the wheel-tracks and the means employed for locking the bed thereto, as will be presently described. Fig. 7 shows in side elevation and top view, on an enlarged scale, one of the metallic track-rails detached. Fig. 8 8 is a detail view showing how track-wheel is fastened on its shaft.

In the several figures of the drawings the same part will be found always designated by the same letter of reference.

B B are the two end pieces, and C is the seat of the sofa or settee, which parts are framed together in a manner about as usual, as clearly shown, with securing-bolts c and wedge-keys c, which draw and firmly hold together each end of the said seat portion G and each one of the two end pieces of the settee.

The game-table portion of the piece of furniture, which as a whole is lettered A,is composed of a bed-frame A, on which are mounted and to which are secured the usual. slate slabs A that are finally covered with the ordinary green or billiard cloth, all in substantially the usual manner of making a billiard or 001 table bed, and at a are shown the cush- 1on-rails carrying the billiard or pool table cushion a, all in a manner well known, while in the case shown, the game-table preferably being designed for use as a pocket-table, there are formed at each corner of the bed and in the middle of each one of its two longer sides pocketsa of the ordinary construction.

What has so far been remarked as the table-bed, comprising the usual frame with its slate slabs, is, it will be seen, supplemented beneath orat the lower surface of the bed-frame proper with two cross-beams a. o in which is mounted to freely rotate in suitable metallic bearing-boxes a (see Fi 5) the metal shaft E, which carries two perip erallygrooved wheels D, mounted fast thereon, all as plainly shown, while a is a board bottom to the bed structure, which when the latter is turned into its substantial vertical position constitutes the wooden back of the settee or sofa, and a sort of apron-like wooden casing a" incloses or closes up the space between the interior of this bottom board a and the bottom surface of the bed-frame proper, A.

As shown, each one of the grooved wheels D just referred to is simply made fast to the shaft E, on which it is mounted by a securin pin d, (see Fig. 8,) thou h, if found desirable or ex edient, one of t ese wheels may be combined with the said shaft in such way as to be capable of a slight endwise movement on the latter, which may be necessary in the possible event of the track-rails on which said wheels run getting slightly out of parallelism in consequence of some slight warpage of the wooden ortions of the settee part of the piece of urniture on which said trackrails are mounted;

G G are two metallic rails or wheel-tracks, each of which is of the peculiar shape or conformation shown in the drawings and which is let down into the woodwork of the upper end of the arm-like portion B of the sofa, to which it is securely fastened by screws or otherwise.

As will be readily seen, the bottom board a of the table-bed is cut away or cut through at each of the localities marked a to permit a sh ht protrusion through this bottom boar of each one of the rooved wheels D, while at H there is prefera ly let into and secured to said bottom board of the table-bed a small caster-Wheel H, which also slightly protrudes through or projects outwardly from the exposed face of the bottom board a, that serves as the back of the settee. (See Fig. 1.)

Each one of the track-rails G is formed at its rear end with a curved upwardly-projecting portion G, and each one of these rails is also formed with two depressions one at g, near its middle, lengthwise, and the other at g*, near one of its ends-the purpose of which depressions is to permit the descent thereinto, respectively, of one of the grooved track-wheels D and one of the little caster.- wheels H, before referred to.

I is a pin-fastener or bolt-like device provided with a diametrically-arranged stoppin '11, which fastener-pin is arranged as clearly shown, (see Figs. 4 and 6,) an is accessible through an o ening a in the bottom board a of the tableed, so that it may be manipulated by hand, either to push it in the pro er direction to operate as a sto in. front of the u wardly-projecting rear en G of the rail-trac G, as seen at Fig. 4, or to retract it so as to leave this upper end G of the trackrail free to move relativelyto the table-bed, when it shall be necessary to move the latter horizontally from its operative condition as a table-bed into position as a sofa-back, as will be resently explained. The aperture (1 is ma e in the bottom board a of the bed part of the piece of furniture, through which said e'elgees locking-pin is readilyaccessihle for the necessary manipulation thereof by hand, as clearly seen at Fig. 6. l

The rear portion of each of the end pieces B of the settee orsofa is shaped or desl med, as shown; so as to afford a projecting ledge or stop-like surface at W, (see Fig. 2,) on which the table-bed proper of the article contacts and rests when turnedi-nto thevertical position to adapt the article for use as a settee.

b b are two hin ed arms of the sofa or settee, the turning which into one or-another position, according to the uses to which the combination article ma be ada ted, will be presently further explamed, whi e B and B are detachable or removable and replaceable covering-blocks adapted to cover over or hide from view, res ectively, the protruding track-wheels D and the protruding casterwheels H when the game-table portion of the article is adjusted in its vertical position to constitute the back of the sofa or settee, each of said covering-blocks being provided with headed pin-like-devices which engage with :the keyhole-apertures e 'madein the bottom board a of the billiard-table bed.

-When'the' two main portions of the article are set in the relative position seen at Fig. I, all the parts appear as they are shown at the right-hand end of said figure but when it maybe desired to transform the settee into a game-table the detachable covering-blocks B and B are detached, (as illustrated at the left-hand end of said fi ure) and each of the hinged armieces b of thesettee is turned over inward y and downwardly into the position illustrated at the left hand side of said figure,and withthese hinged and removable parts all in the conditions thus illustrated at" the left-hand side of the figure the bed portion of the article, which constitutes the back of the settee, may then be oscillated about the axis of longitudinal shaft E in the proper direction and to an extent sufficient to bring the bed portion of the article intoa horizontal position and with its slightly-protruding grooved wheels D D and its small castere wheels H H down into contact with the track-rails G G, mounted on the top of the end portions B B of the settee, and with the parts thus adjusted or with the game-table portion thus turned down into a horizontal position the latter may be then ulled or pushed sidewise in the direction indicated by the arrow at Fig. 3 until the parts shall have been brought to the relative position illus,

trated in said figure, the grooved track- Wheels D D and the small caster-wheels H H during this horizontal movement of the game-table portion of the article rolling along in contact with track-rails G G and with the bottom surface or portion of the game-table bed slightl elevated above and out of contact with t e top surfaces of the said end por- -and with t with .the holesor apertures inbottomboard ire-3 l tions'B of the sofa until the sliding or rolling movemen t of the bed portion shall have been completed, at which time the grooved wheels and thecaster-wheels will have descended, respectively into the two depressions g and g of the track-rails, all as clearly seen at Fig. 4 of the drawings,so as to permit What was the back board of the settee to come down into perfect contactwith and rest firmly upon the upper surfaces of the wooden end portions B B of the sofa, by which latter the entire gravity of the game-table bed willthcn be solidly or rigidly su ported, and. when in this position each of t e locking-pins must then be manipulated by hand, so as to operate as stops against the forward surfaces of the upturned portions G of the metallic tracks, as seen at I, Fig. 4, to thus revent any casual back movement or initia return movement of the thus adjusted table-bed on top of its supporting devices. To change from the game-table back to the sofa, the

locking-pins I must first be worked by hand to disengagethem. fromthe upwardly-projet-ting end portions G of the track-rails, (must each be pulled back into the position shown in dotted linesat Fig. 6,) after which the table+bed may be easily pushed or rolled backwardly in its horizontal condition by handuntilthe grooved wheels shall have come into contactwviththe curved upward rojections G of the track-rails, whereupon by lifting up and moving backwardly in the arc of a circle the front side or edge of the table-bed A the latter may bevery easily oscillated into the position seen at Fig. l, and after this translation of the bedinto its vertical position the blocks B and B may be replaced to coverv over and hide from view the protruding or ex osed ortions of wheels D D and casters.H the 'nged arm-pieces b b (that hadbeen turned over when the sofa was to be changed to a table) being then turned back again into the position seen at the right-hand side of Fig. 1. It will beunderstood that in thus making the transformation from table to sofa the blocks B after having been placed in position to cover the projecting peripheral portions of wheelsD eir dowel-pins in engagement a are locked in or permenantly secured in position by the turning over into position for use of the arm-pieces b b of the sofa, the rear ends of which arm-pieces close down in front of and against the outer vertical (lower end) portions of said covering-blocks. (See Fig. 1.)

By having the rolling bed portion mounted on wheels D D, that are located at points approximatel midwa between the two longer sides or e ges of the bed A, the latter, it will be understood, is nearly balanced on its supporting track-wheels, and hence will offer comparatively little resistance to the tipping or oscillating movement necessary to translate ithe 'bed .from :the horizontal to the verti- =cal positiomand vice verse, by hand, no matter now heavy thelbedlmay he, and {this structural feature {renders the ;piece of IEurniture very easy :of mani ulation in effecting the transformations. 6 t \will, :however, be seen that :the wheels D .D (and theirshaft E) are not located exactly in .the middle'of the bed A, (widthwise ofathe latter,-) under which ex- ;actcondition the tiltingvof lthebed could be effected with still less hand-power ;ap lied; but, .as arranged, comparatively little :liandpower isnecessany itoiworkwthe |parts and under this arrangement I get the :parts so rela- ;tively positioned (the distaneeoflthezgrooved wheels and caster-wheels at such distances from-the axis-of rotationof the bed) that in oscillating the bed A from its -verticaldown into its horizontal !position the :two casterwheels :H H williland in contact with the track-rails G slightly in advance ofthe necessaryV-shaped rear portions of saidlrails (with which the wheels .19 'D engageyandso as to leome-downionto the flatior unribbed portions of rails IG, thus simplifying and rendering more mechanically correct and easier of manufacture and moredesirablein operation. theimachine-work:(orimetallic workingiparts) of-thmpiece ofifurniture.

Oflcourse, while :I have shownmy :inven- :tion carried into efl'ect lina piecelofifurniture of what is kIlOWfDflSithG missionudesign, it may withiequal.advantagebecarriedloutlin a combination sofa and table-cfiwho'll a difi erent styleyin'whichlallor partsiofit e sofalor settee inlay :be upholstered :after enydesired:

said itrecktrails (hawk-said lfo llhl) horizontally it comes down into contact \withthe up eriends'of the sofa arms or end pieces B B w enlitiassumes [its position of use :for a.table, so1as to be firmly-and directly supportedlin this operative position by the upper endsmif therso'falend pieces :13 [E es described.

Having ,now so fully (described my improved .construction iQf combined lsofa talole that those skilled in =theiartiof lmakin and familiar with the uses of such an articfiiican ireadilymake andluse a pieeeofitulmiture embodying my invention, what I claim :as (new, i

and .desire to secure by Letters Patent, .1s

1. lnlaicombined sofmorsetteeand :pool, 'or billiard .table, the combination, \with the seat :and end portionstof a settee of :a table bed ortion provided with track-wheels g and trao -rails lmounted on to of the settee end portions=and on which 'sai. wheels travelglthe leomhination l bein. :and operating so that when the bedshal shave been {rolled into its final position lfOI' use ,as :a game table, said :bed will automatically come into contact witliland :be Wholly su ported by the upper ends of the settee .en qpieees, lor ;portions; substantiallyas set *forth.

2. :Imaeombined sofaiorsettee and 001 or billiard table, 1thecombination,\Witht e seat and end portionsofla settee; and the translatalble gametalile land sofa baek portion of lthelpiecelofifurniture, ofatraek-wlleels.mountled onashaft located in the said table por- 'ilil0I1 &Ildrhf&Gk-1Iflll8 :mountedlimmovablyon :the up er-endsof the setteeiend piecesand forme with depressions, \-as specified; the .combination ibeingtand operating 1 so that, by the-descentiof thesaid track-wheels into-the said rdBPlBSSiOIl-S of the track-grails, the ;bed -will, :intassumingaits :final position, foriuse as re gamestable,lcomeautomatieally, into contact with and rest eo'lidlylontop (of :the said settee end pieces; all substantially as set forth.

:In witness iwhereojfl have hereunto set my ihand=this 14thidayroflApril, [1905.

J. N. MOINTIRE,

In presence |0f- M ,J. SNownEN, J. E. Dow. 

